False Doctrines on Multiple Wives

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Though the house of Israel was built up by multiple wives {Ruth 4:11} multiple wives are prophesied to be for the salvation of the daughters of Zion in these latter times, {Isaiah 3:16-26; 4:1} there are a few predominant doctrines against multiple wives out there endeavoring to withhold those daughters who are appointed to be in a multi-wife household for their salvation in the end of this world. In this website tab, we are endeavoring to address these false doctrines in hopes of helping everyone be on the same page in sound doctrine according to the law and testimonies by precepts in the faith of Yache Christ. The false doctrines to be addressed on this page are as follows:

Doctrine #1:

"Solomon sinned by having multiple wives"

"so it is a sin today and the practice is not of the Lord"

{I Kings 11:1-11}

Doctrine #2:

The N.T. says “whosoever shall put away his WIFE,”

“it’s singular not plural, which means you can’t have multiple wives.”

{Matt 5:31-32, Matt 19:9,Mark 10:11,Luke 16:8}

Doctrine #3:

The Bible (N.T) says “let every man have his own wife”

"that means you can only have one wife"

{1 Co 7:1-3}

Doctrine#4:

“The Bible (N.T) says "a man can only have one wife."

"That’s why a man isn’t supposed to have multiple wives."

{1 Tim 3:2,12}

Doctrine#5:

"Multiple Wives" are not of the Most High"

{Gen 1:26; 2:21-24}

Doctrine #1:

"Solomon sinned by having multiple wives"

"so it is a sin today and the practice is not of the Lord"

{Duet 17:16-17}

Understanding Deuteronomy 17:17

It is a common saying that "Solomon sinned by having multiple wives because of the law concerning the kings 'not multiplying wives' in Duet 17:17." This is not entirely true. In truth, Solomon's sin was marrying strange wives as they turned his heart away causing him to sin which the law had instructed not to do. We will go through the simplicity of this by precept in this section. In truth regarding the law of Duet 17:16-17, the law is referring to prohibiting a king from doing anything outside of the commandments and from abusing his power in covetousness for gain beyond his portion Alahayim allotted for him, either of which would result in a transgression against Ahayah. This is evident by the fact that marrying strange wives (who would turn one's heart away) is what's against the law by precept, not that having multiple wives would turn one's heart away in itself by evidence of Abraham and Jacob having multiple believing wives and those wives did not cause these men's hearts to be turned away from Alahayim as they both were perfect in the sight of Alahayim:

Deu 17:17

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away..

by precept in simplicity, this law for kings was prohibiting them from marrying strange wives in general and doing so in excess, not multiple wives in itself because it is only by strange wives that a man's heart would be turned away from Alahayim unto other alahayims (idols) according to precept:

Exodus 34:11-12, 14-16

Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: 14 For thou shalt worship no other alahayim: for Ahayah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous Ala: 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their alahayims, and do sacrifice unto their alahayims, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their alahayims, and make thy sons go a whoring after their alahayims.

Duet 7:3

Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other alahayims: so will the anger of Ahayah be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

Evidence that the law in Duet 17:17 is referring to marrying strange wives (and doing so in excess) who would turn one's heart away (not multiple wives in itself) is shown in that Solomon's sin was that his wives were strange (unbelieving), which turned his heart away as Duet 17:17 relayed they would do, not that he had multiple wives in itself (because multiple wives isn't unlawful for a king to have by evidence of David the king's having multiple wives):

Neh 13:27

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our Alahayim in marrying strange wives? 26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his Alahayim, and Alahayim made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

By precept, Solomon's transgression was marrying strange wives (and doing so in excess) which ended up being a stumbling block to him as they caused him to sin as the law said would happen if a king did so. His mistake and the testimonies regarding what he did helps understand the simplicity of what the law in Deut 17:17 was referring to in that he married strange wives and did so in excess abusing his power in covetousness not being content with his portion from Alahayim to only take the wife or wives Alahayim willed for him:

1 Kings 11:1-3

That's the simplicity of what Duet 17:17 was instructing not to do by precept with Duet 7:3-4 to help understand sound doctrine in simplicity for kings and men in general. "Don't take strange wives {Deut 7:3-4} and do not do it in excess {Deut 17:17} abusing your power as they will cause your heart to turn away from Ahayah if you do either one being lead by your desires instead of abiding in obedience to the Law."

Testament of Judah 14:2

For even though a man be a king and commit fornication, he is stripped of his kingship by becoming the slave of fornication, as I myself also suffered.

Testament of Reuben 4:6-7

For a pit unto the soul is the sin of fornication, separating it from Alahayim, and bringing it near to idols, because it deceiveth the mind and understanding, and leadeth young men into Hades before their time. 7 For many hath fornication destroyed; because, though a man be old or noble, or rich or poor, he bringeth reproach upon himself with the sons of men and derision with Beliar.

Unfortunately Solomon made the mistake for his learning experience and we have his experience for our admonitions so as to humble ourselves, have pity on him, and not to make the same error as being blinded by desires can happen to anyone regardless of who we are so that we can take the admonitions as guidance for us to do the work in humility in order not to fall to the same things:

1 Corinthians 10:11-13

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but Alahayim is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Now in regards to the law, the evidence of these things the law commands a king not to do lest his heart be turned away being true is shown in what befell Solomon as result of his mistake doing contrary to the law:

I Ki 11:4-10

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other alahayims: and his heart was not perfect with Ahayah his Alahayim, as was the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the female deity of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of Ahayah, and went not fully after Ahayah, as did David his father. 7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their alahayims. 9 And Ahayah was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from Ahayah Alahayim of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other alahayims: but he kept not that which Ahayah commanded.

Ahayah was angry with him because his heart turn away from Him, so though Solomon made the mistake of taking strange wives (and doing so in excess), Ahayah was longsuffering with him in that if he would have been strong in the fear of the glroy of Alahayim to resist and overcome the desire for pleasure in his heart that lead him to fall and uphold the commandments all his days, Ahayah wouldn't have been angry with him, and per chance, He may have converted his strange wives in the end by Solomon dwelling with them according to the knowledge of the law. In Solomon's confession of his sin, he relays to us how his lust for a strange (unbelieving) woman lead him to error and she turned his heart away to sin against Ahayah to confirm the understanding was simply the desire for strange women was what lead him to fall, not multiple wives in itself:

Testament of Solomon 128

And I Solomon glorified Alahayim, and adorned the temple of Ahayah with all fair-seeming. And I was glad in spirit in my kingdom and there was peace in my days. And I took wives of my own from every land, {Deu 17:17} who were numberless. And I marched against the Jebusaeans, and there I saw a Jebusaean, the daughter of a man: and I fell violently in love with her, and desired to take her to wife along with my other wives. And I said to their priests: "Give me the Sonmanitess to wife." But the priest of Moloch said to me: "If thou lovest this maiden, go in and worship our alahayims, the great alahayim Raphan and the alahayim called Moloch." I therefore was in fear of the glory of Alahayim, and did not follow to worship. And I said to them: " I will not worship a strange alahayim. What is this proposal, that ye compel me to do so much?" But they said: "This commandment was given by our fathers."

Though Solomon had strange wives up to this time, he stood in the fear of the glory of Alahayim not to sin himself though his wives weren't believers. So his unbelieving wives were sanctified by him at this point being pleased to dwell with him. Unfortunately, when he sinned himself because of his desire to take another strange wife, him not having that hedge of protection through his obedience spoiled his house so that his wives were now able to lead him to sin in turning his heart away from Alahayim to please them.

Testament of Solomon 129

And I answered that I would on no account worship strange alahayims, they told the maiden not to sleep with me until I complied and sacrificed to the alahayims. I then was moved, but crafty Eros brought and laid by her for me five grass hoppers, saying: "Take these grasshoppers, and crush them together in the name of the alahayim Moloch; and then I will sleep with you." And this I actually did. And at once the Spirit of Alahayim departed from me, and I became weak as well as foolish in my words. And after that I was obliged by her to build a temple of idols to Baal, and to Raphan, and to Moloch, and to the other idols.

Testament of Solomon 130

I then, wretch that I am, followed her advice, and the glory of Alahayim quite departed from me; and my spirit was darkened, and I became the sport of idols and demons. Wherefore I wrote out this Testament, that ye who get possession of it may pity, and attend to the last things, and not to the first. So that ye may find grace for ever and ever. Amen

Solomon himself confessed his sin so that we would not fall in the same error of lusting for strange women, sinning in order to fullfill our desires or to please a woman, nor letting a woman turn our hearts away from following Ahayah remembering the admonitions of Jacob regarding strange women:

Joseph and Asenath 7:6

For Joseph had Alahayim always before his 2 eyes and ever remembered the injunctions of his father; for Jacob often spake and admonished his son Joseph and all his sons : " Keep yourselves, children, securely from a strange woman so as not to have fellowship with her, for fellowship with her is ruin and destruction."

By Solomon's account, his error was not having multiple wives in itself, but that his lust after a strange woman turned his heart away to sacrifice to idols in order to fulfill his desire which lead to him going into idolatry serving the idols of his strange wives. The laws in Dueteronomy {Duet 17:17; 7:3-4} and testimonies concerning Solomon {1Ki 11:1-4; Neh 13:23-27} show his sin was not multiple wives in itself but loving strange women, taking strange wives and abusing his power to multiply strange wives for his gain (lust), all of which would turn a man's heart away according to scripture. If the wives or woman he desired were believers helping him stand in his fear of the glory of Alahayim, they would not have been a snare unto him to turn his heart away because a virtuous woman, from any nation, would do good to her husband all her days:

Proverbs 31:11-12

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

In short, this helps understand the law for kings (and men in general) was prohibiting the marriage of strange wives as they would cause the man to sin (not that having multiple wives in general was a sin by evidence of multiple righteous wives like Rachel and Leah helped build up the house of Israel which was no sin on Jacob's part). As for the kings, Alahayim didn't want the kings heart to be turned away in pride lifting himself up against his people in taking strange wives (or transgressing the law in any other way).

Tobit 4:13, 12

Now therefore, my son, love thy brethren, and despise not in thy heart thy brethren, the sons and daughters of thy people, in not taking a wife of them: for in pride is destruction and much trouble, and in lewdness is decay and great want: for lewdness is the mother of famine. 12 Beware of all whoredom, my son, and chiefly take a wife of the seed of thy fathers, and take not a strange woman to wife, which is not of thy father's tribe: for we are the children of the prophets, Noe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: remember, my son, that our fathers from the beginning, even that they all married wives of their own kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed shall inherit the land.

For these reasons, He gave the commands for kings to help them maintain humility in peace only taking believing wives so that their days may be prolonged in their life and their children's:

Deuteronomy 17:18-20

And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear Ahayah his Alahayim, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

That is the simplicity of what Alahayim is commanding for kings (and men in general) to do. Don't get lifted up in pride to sin in general, or to marry strange (unbelieving) women, nor to allow your hearts be turned aside from the commandments in any matter, whether by your own desires or the desires of your wife (or wives). Learning from Solomon's experience, a man (whether a king or not) ought to abide in the humility and long-suffering of the commandments until the Lord give him a wife whom He wills, whether it be one wife or multiple, so as not to fall into any relationship through lust or the desire for pleasure (intercourse) with a strange woman that would turn his heart away from Alahayim:

Testament of Judah 12:1-7

1 And now I command you, my children, hearken to Judah your father, and keep my sayings to perform all the ordinances of the Lord, and to obey the commands of Alahayim. 2 And walk not after your lusts, nor in the imaginations of your thoughts in haughtiness of heart; and glory not in the deeds and strength of your youth, for this also is evil in the eyes of the Lord. 4 For I said to my father-in-law: I will take counsel with my father, and so will I take thy daughter. And he was unwilling, but he showed me a boundless store of gold in his daughter’s behalf; for he was a king. 5 And he adorned her with gold and pearls, and caused her to pour out wine for us at the feast with the beauty of women. 6 And the wine turned aside my eyes, and pleasure blinded my heart. 7 And I became enamoured of and I lay with her, and transgressed the commandment of the Lord and the commandment of my fathers, and I took her to wife. 8 And the Lord rewarded me according to the imagination of my heart, inasmuch as I had no joy in her children.

Testament of Judah 10:1-2

1 And I knew that the race of the Canaanites was wicked, but the impulse of youth blinded my mind. 2 And when I saw her pouring out wine, owing to the intoxication of wine I was deceived, and took her although my father had not counseled (it)

Testament of Judah 16:1

1 And now, I command you, my children, not to love money, nor to gaze upon the beauty of women; because for the sake of money and beauty I was led astray to Bathshua the Canaanite.

Testament of Reuben 4:1

1 Pay no heed, therefore, my children, to the beauty of women, nor set your mind on their affairs; but walk in singleness of heart in the fear of the Lord, and expend labour on good works, and on study and on your flocks, until the Lord give you a wife, whom He will, that ye suffer not as I did.

Understanding Deuteronomy 17:14-20

Lord willing the prior segment already helped for clarity of the situation with Solomon, what befell him and understanding the law was not referring to multiple wives being unlawful in itself. In this next segment, we will discuss the laws of Deuteronomy 17:16-17 for further understanding of the law wasn't referring to multiple wives being unlawful in itself.

The laws of Deuteronomy 17:16-17 are simply to help the king abide in humility and contentment with his portion from Alahayim, whatever that may be. The law prohibiting a king form abusing his power in covetousness for gain or abuse of power beyond his portion Alahayim allotted for him is evident in Duet 17:16 explaining how a king shouldn't abuse his power to multiply horses, nor sell the people to the Egyptians for horses in abuse of his power (injustice) against Ahayah's covenant for the people:

Deu 17:16-17

But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as Ahayah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

We are looking at these parts of the law (Deut 17:16-17} to understand what Alahayim was referring to for kings to understand horses, silver and gold in great number in themselves was not a transgression as Ahayah gave Solomon a great number of horses, silver, and gold which weren't against the the law. Also, the law in Duet 17:16 didn't restrict a king from having multiple horses in itself by evidence of David having 100 chariots with horses {2 Sa 8:4} and Ahayah giving Solomon riches {1Ki 3:13} so that he had forty thousand stalls of horses {1 Ki 4:26} and horses out of Egypt, {1Ki 10:28} along with silver and gold from Him. Also, Solomon didn't abuse his power in covetousness by sending the people to captivity to gain more horses as the law said nor did he multiply silver and gold beyond his portion Alahayim gave unto him. This helps understand the law wasn't restricting the king from having multiple horses, silver or gold in itself by what was given unto Solomon from Alahayim as the laws were just to help the king operate in humility not abusing his power nor doing anything out of covetousness, taking advantage for gain or a love for money (lust). The law is simply about a king abiding in his simplicity being content with what ever Alahayim would give him, not taking it upon himself through his own desires to add anything unto himself as you noticed the law kept saying "multiply to himself" because Alahayim desired the king to be content with whatever portion Alahayim would give him, whether it be in regards to riches {horses, silver, gold} or wives. An example of this fact being, the horses, silver and gold were from Ahayah, so Solomon didn't multiply the horses on his own accord after a desire for gain as the laws for kings were truly about being content with whatever portion Alahayim allotted to them. Let's look at the testimonies regarding this:

1 Kings 3:7-9

And now, O Ahayah my Alahayim, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

At the onset, Solomon saught understanding to help people in humility in simplicity of heart as his heart was in the right place of contentment as a king which was pleasing to the Lord:

1 Kings 3:10-13

And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And Alahayim said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

Though Solomon didn’t ask for it in his contentment in his youth, Alahayim gave him riches as He willed to give him to help understand multiplying silver, gold, and horses in itself was not against the law for kings so long as they were content with their portion from Alahayim not to seek to add such things unto themselves according to their own desire. As for long life, Solomon would have remained in peace with long life if he had kept the statutes and commandments in his life (not taking strange wives or at least and at least not letting them turn his heart away to sacrifice to idols):

1 Kings 3:14

And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

Mind you Alahayim didn’t speak to Solomon about giving him wives yet by admonishing him to keep the commandments the understanding of lawful marriages were detailed in them and waiting to be given a wife was encouraged by the testaments of the patriarchs Reuben and Judah. This will come into play when we re-visit what happened to Solomon regarding wives. For now let’s continue looking at what Alahayim gave Solomon to understand multiple horse, silver, and gold in themselves are not against the law for kings to have so long as they are content with their portion:

1Ki 10:23-25

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. 24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which Alahayim had put in his heart. 25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

2Ch 9:28

And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

This helps understand the law of Deut 17:16-17 are not restricting a king from having multiple horses, silver and gold in itself as Alahayim can give a man what He wills. Rather, the law is admonishing a king to walk in humility and contentment with his portion from Alahayim (obeying the law) not doing anything out of covetousness or a desire for gain for himself in abuse of his power to multiply horses, silver, gold or wives unto himself.

Deuteronomy 17:14-16

When thou art come unto the land which Ahayah thy Alahayim giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom Ahayah thy Alahayim shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as Ahayah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

So no multiplying horses in excess to himself beyond his portion or using the people for gain contrary to Alahayim commands to gain more substance for himself.

Deuteronomy 17:17

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

No being unequally yoked with unbelievers who would turn one's heart away, nor multiplying wives in excess to one's self, not being content with one's portion with Alahayim so as to avoid transgressing the law (covetousness).

Deuteronomy 17:17

...neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

No greatly multiplying silver and gold (money) to himself beyond his portion Alahayim gives him to avoid the love of money. These commands simply help the king not be given to being enamored with the beauty of women to take strangers for wives nor multiplying wives in excess to one's self, nor being given to the love of money to gather excess silver and gold beyond one's portion from Alahayim. Both avoiding love of money and being enamored beauty of women are things that would help the kings prosper in keeping from idols to abide in the commands of Alahayim:

Testament of Judah 12:2-4

2 And walk not after your lusts, nor in the imaginations of your thoughts in haughtiness of heart; and glory not in the deeds and strength of your youth, for this also is evil in the eyes of the Lord. 4 For I said to my father-in-law: I will take counsel with my father, and so will I take thy daughter. And he was unwilling, but he showed me a boundless store of gold in his daughter’s behalf; for he was a king.

Testament of Judah 18:1

My children, the love of money leadeth to idolatry; because, when led astray through money, men name as alahayims those who are not alahayims, and it causeth him who hath it to fall into madness.

The desire for a great number of gold was a stumbling block before the law was given to Moses and Alahayim gave kings the command to help them in this area for protection from idols. The other struggle to avoid was strange women who would turn one's heart away from Alahayim (which the law also now protects kings from falling into):

Testament of Judah 12:5-7

5 And he adorned her with gold and pearls, and caused her to pour out wine for us at the feast with the beauty of women. 6 And the wine turned aside my eyes, and pleasure blinded my heart. 7 And I became enamoured of and I lay with her, and transgressed the commandment of the Lord and the commandment of my fathers, and I took her to wife.

Same thing as befell David and Solomon, being enamored with the beauty of women that caused them all to make mistakes being blinded by the pleasure in heart or desire for pleasure to transgress the commands. This helps understand the law really is to help ensure kings (and men) don't fall by walking in contentment with whatever portion Alahayim gives them so as not to give place to idols to sin.

Testament of Judah 10:1-2

Testament of Judah 16:1

1 And now, I command you, my children, not to love money, nor to gaze upon the beauty of women; because for the sake of money and beauty I was led astray to Bathshua the Canaanite. 2 For I know that because of these two things shall my race fall into wickedness. 3 For even wise men among my sons shall they mar, and shall cause the kingdom of Judah to be diminished, which the Lord gave me because of my obedience to my father.

This prophecy and what Judah spake on befell Solomon to help understand it was a learning process he had to go through for his growth (and our admonitions to do better, having pity on what befell him as it can happen to anyone). Love of money seeking great number of silver and gold and giving into pleasure in the beauty of women literally led to Solomon falling into being overtaken by idols as he explained in his testament to know Judah's words and the commands of Deuteronomy 17 were simply to help kings (and men in general) avoid falling into to lust and fornication in their life (not that having multiple wives in itself was a sin as its not unlawful if their wives won't lead their heart away from Alahayim and they don't take them in excess to themselves not being content with their portion from Alahayim).

Testament of Judah 12:1

1 And now I command you, my children, hearken to Judah your father, and keep my sayings to perform all the ordinances of the Lord, and to obey the commands of Alahayim.

Testament of Judah 16:1

1 And now, I command you, my children, not to love money, nor to gaze upon the beauty of women;

Testament of Reuben 4:1

So the commands are just to help the kings walk in humility and contentment with their portion from Alahayim, doing nothing in covetousness nor in excess in their life so that their life and their children’s may be prolonged.

Deuteronomy 17:18-20

Understanding What Befell Solomon

Now let’s look at the situation with Solomon’s experience to understand the same teaching of avoiding covetousness and abuse of power to stay in obedience to the law in contentment with whatever Alahayim provides applied to his situation in that he took strange wives in his lust being enamored with the beauty of women (which can be a struggle for his tribe) instead of being content in humility to wait upon a believing wife or wives that Alahayim would give unto him like he had done with the horses, sliver, and gold so as not to do anything out of his own desire (covetousness) or abuse of power for gain as king (or a man in general). Now looking at what Alahayim said to Solomon in 1Ki 10:13, he didn’t tell him he would give him wives, (though he commanded him to keep his commandments and don't turn unto idols which meant don't take strange wives in itself) which helps understand the strange wives he took to himself were according to his own desire not the will of Alahayim for him (though Alahayim suffered him to go through the experience he needed with those strange wives for his growth just as it befell Judah and David for their growth and our admonitions):

1Ki. 10:13

And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

Solomon had his learning experience to go through as Alahayim told him if he would keep the commandments, he would have had long life, which unfortunately he didn’t keep by taking strange wives that caused him to sin {Neh 13:26-27} and turning unto idols to sin in making offerings unto them as Solomon spake of in his personal testament of what transpired: {Test of Solomon ch. 129-130}

1 Kings 3:14

And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

Now mind you, though He didn’t speak on giving wives to Solomon, He did instruct him not to turn after other alahayims so Solomon wasn’t supposed to marry strange wives as that’s a transgressing of what Alahayim commanded him, and our father's commands in itself:

1 Ki 11:10

And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other alahayims: but he kept not that which Ahayah commanded.

So Solomon’s fault wasn’t that he had multiple wives (as there is no transgression in that in of itself just like multiple horses, silver, and gold for kings is no sin in itself) but that he took strange wives to himself which was against the law to do for himself as a man {Deut 7:3-4} and as king, {Deut 17:17} and he did so in excess {Deut 17:17} all of which turned his heart away as Alahayim had said doing such acts of being unequally yoked with an unbeliever would do in the law.

1 Ki 11:3-4

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred maid-wives: and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other alahayims

By precept, Solomon literally did what Ahayah said not to do and the bad result was exactly what Ahayah said it would be. Solomon took 1000 wives according to his desire unto himself (in ignorance as his desire blinded his heart from understanding what he was doing was a transgression though he lawfully married them) and eventually he wasn't able to abide in the fear of the Lord not to sin knowingly (as he spake of in his testament) and they turned his heart away from Ahayah. His experiences are an example of exactly what a king should not do according to the law. Don't take strange women and don't take wives in excess that are not your portion from Alahayim. Multiple wives in itself is no sin by the fact that Alahayim would have given David more wives if it was needful to help him abide in obedience to the commanmdments:

2Sa 12:8-9

And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of Ahayah, to do evil in his sight?

Seeing if it's needful for a man to keep the faith and not turn from the commandments, Alahayim would give multiple wives unto a man, this helps understand multiple wives in itself is not unlawful for men nor kings (neither of whom are bishops, elders, or deacons in the church) so long as the wives are their portion from Alahayim. In Solomon's case, he wasn't imputed sin for having multiple wives in itself because multiple wives in itself is not unlawful. The scriptures show that he was imputed sin for turning unto idols and going after strange women to wife who would turn his heart away (both of which were against the commands given to help him avoid idolatry and strange women who would turn him unto idolatry):

Neh 13:27-26

1Ki 11:1-2, 5-10

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 2 Of the nations concerning which Ahayah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their alahayims: Solomon clave unto these in love.5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the female deity of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of Ahayah, and went not fully after Ahayah, as did David his father. 7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their alahayims. 9 And Ahayah was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from Ahayah Alahayim of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other alahayims: but he kept not that which Ahayah

As it was shown before in the "Understanding Marriage" tab, wives are appointed to men by evidence of Tobias' story {Tobit 6:17} so Solomon could have abided in the commandments until Alahayim had given him his wife (or wives) whom He willed to avoid the mistakes made, {Test of Rueben 4:1} yet we have our learning experiences and Solomon learned from his as he confessed his fault and didn't take any more strange wives after his fall. Through the scriptures, the sin of Solomon was taking strange wives (that were not given to him by Alahayim) through his own desires which resulted in his heart being turned away. He is accounted for transgressing Ahayah's command by going after other alahayims (idols) (1Ki 3:9-10) and making unlawful marriages with strange women (Deut 7:3-4) who turned his heart away as Ahayah prophesied in the law would be the result of doing so. He was not accounted of as sinning just because he had multiple wives in itself because that in itself is not against the law from the beginning.

Summary

So the testimonies show multiple horses, wives, silver, and gold in itself was not the issue nor unlawful, but transgressing the law was the issue in multiplying them in covetousness for gain (greed) in excess to ones' self, either by abusing one's power to enslave the people to the Egyptians for gain of horses or for the love of money to multiply silver and gold in great number (excess) or being enamored with the beauty of women to take strange wives who would turn one's heart away to one's self and doing so in excess as they aren't one's portion from Alahayim. These things would have been a transgression for kings according to the law in Deuteronomy 7:3-4 and 17:14-20. According to the testimonies, the transgression of Solomon was marrying unbelieving wives which turned his heart away to sin in idolatry. The issue was not multiple wives according to the law and testimonies in itself, but "marrying strange wives" that turn your heart away was the sin of Solomon. The laws did not restrict kings from having multiple wives all together by evidence of king David, the perfect hearted {I King 15:3-5} who not only had wives, {8 wives (1Ch 3:1-5; 1 Sam 18:27} 10 servant-wives (2 Sam 12:11;15:16)} but was offered to be given more wives from Ahayah if it were needful for him to keep the law. {II Sam 12:7-8w} In closing, a king ought not to take strange wives, nor multiply stange wives in excess in abuse of his power according to his own desires not being content with his portion from Alahayim because in either or both cases, the wives who would turn away one's heart (as they aren't his portion from Alahayim to help him keep the law) are what the laws were admonishing us about, not that multiple wives is not of the Lord in itself.

Doctrine #2:

The N.T. says “whosoever shall put away his WIFE,”

“it’s singular not plural, which means you can’t have multiple wives.”

{Matt 5:31-32, Matt 19:9,Mark 10:11,Luke 16:8}

The question Yache was asked about in the Gospel was pertaining to "what reasons are lawful to divorce a spouse"{Matt 19:9} and "is it lawful to divorce a spouse" {Mrk 10:2} This means the topics were about "the proper grounds for divorce" and "whether divorce was possible," not how many wives a man can have or whether multiple wives were lawful in itself since its been lawful from the beginning to have multiple wives by uprightly by evidence of Lamech before the flood. {Genesis 4:19} Also after the flood multiple wives were still lawful by evidence of Abraham's lawful two wives, Jacob's lawful four wives, Elkanah's two wives (Samuel the prophet's father), and the fact that there are laws pertaining to households that consist of multiple wives to ensure they {Exo 21:10} and their respective children {Duet 21:15} are treated uprightly. {Exo 21:10 1Tim 5:8} When examining the scriptures, there are no discussions in the scriptures making multiple wives unlawful all together in itself because multiple wives were never unlawful unless a man is maintaining a position of bishop, elder, or deacon in the church {1Tim 3; Tit 1} or a widow has cast off her first faith and gotten married after having waxed wanton to do so. {1Tim 5:11} Let's understand what the scriptures in the Gospel regarding the Pharisees contentions about divorce with Christ were about:

Matthew 19:3

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

This was the doctrinal question presented as the Pharisees created a false doctrine "that one can put away his wife for every cause and just give her a bill of divorce to make it lawful," (Side note: mind you, they excluded the fact that the divorce had to be on the grounds of uncleanness being found in her) but from the beginning this was not so, as the only upright grounds for divorcing one's wife according to the law was on the grounds of her operating in the spirit of fornication wherein a man would find "uncleanness (idolatry) in her"{Deut 24:1} that she isn't repentant of nor willing to put the work in to change by evidence of her actions. {Sir 25:26} Unfortunately, they were trying to find an occasion against Christ; tempting him asking questions in subtlety leaving out parts of the law that weren't according to their desires as it refuted their doctrines.

For further edification on "uncleanness found in her", please check out the sections on "Understanding fornication" and "Committing Adultery" on the tab link below:

Are Multiple Wives Righteous?

https://www.hebrewreaders.com/are-multiple-wives-righteous

Please also refer to the lessons on the relating subject below:

Understanding Spiritual Fornication & Idolatry Pt. I

https://youtu.be/15wCcZEguVo?si=Q0uPVTmA7Ay2ohPk

Understanding Spiritual Fornication & Idolatry Pt. II

https://youtu.be/Ce004751cZw?si=F8wnSALtwBQRKAk9

Understanding Spiritual Fornication & Idolatry Pt. III

https://youtu.be/Ahtp4kQJbrY?si=ma2SAAYmVUHiZwx0

The Matriarch of Evil: the Spirit of Fornication

https://youtu.be/78iL_6N4Bfo?si=ThWcSe4OskuHbEb7

In continuation, let's understand what transpired between Christ and the Pharisees with their contrary doctrines. As for Christ, he spake on their doctrines in his preachings to help rectify the law for those who were seeking to keep it in truth.

Matthew 5:31

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

This is not the law of Moses as it is what was "being said" amongst the people. On the other hand, Moses said that if "she found no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement" so he gave the reason why one would give a bill of divorce. The Pharisees wrested the portion of the law of Moses requiring "that there be found some uncleanness in the woman in order to put her away" in order that they may put her away for every cause they felt was grounds for divorce themselves (unfortunately doing so in covetousness, lifting themselves up against the commandments of Alahayim {Test of Levi 14:7} teaching things contrary to them). {Test of Levi 14:4} Christ came to rectify the truth of the law that the only just grounds in the sight of Alahayim for putting away one's wife was for the cause of fornication (uncleanness), where she is unrepentantly operating in that spirit (or committing the act of fornication polluting her flesh with another person being lead by that same spirit of Fornication to do so).

Matthew 5:32

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery:...

Notice Christ's words aligns with the law of Moses as he came to give the truth of the same Law (not to cause one jot or tittle to pass away) to help us understand the "uncleanness found in her" that would cause her not to find favor in her husband's eyes would be "fornication." This was to help us understand the answer to the Pharisees question "is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?" was "no, only for the cause of fornication (uncleanness) is it lawful to put away one's wife and give her a bill of divorce." {Duet 24:1}

Matthew 5:32

...and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery

If a man divorced his wife who wasn't in the spirit of fornication committing adultery by doing things like unto the heathen (sinning) or polluting her flesh by sleeping with someone else, the man is causing her to commit adultery with another if she remarries to someone else because she wasn't lawfully divorced in the sight of Alahayim (though the man may have put her away according to his own causes).

Mark 10:11

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

Notice, Christ didn't mention "the cause of fornication" here? It's because if a man just divorces her (and it isn't for the cause of fornication) then marries another, he is committing adultery because it's only lawful to put a wife away if a man finds some "uncleanness in her," which means that she is polluted with idolatry in spiritual fornication unwilling to submit herself to her husband, {Eph 5:22} agree with him, {Amo 3:3; Sur 25:1} be after his mind, {Sir 7:26} and go in the way he would have her in obedience to the commandments showing she isn't pleased to dwell with him by her unwillingness to do the work it takes to submit herself to his rule over her for her salvation. {Gen 3:16; Eph 5:23}

Ecclesiasticus 7:26

Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.

Deuteronomy 24:1

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Ecclesiasticus 25:26

If she go not as thou wouldest have her, cut her off from thy flesh, and give her a bill of divorce, and let her go.

By precepts, he would be seeking to have a woman after his mind to go in the way he would have her according to the commandments, yet if he can't build with her in that direction by her respecting him to go as he would have her, she won't find favor in his eyes because of the uncleanness (the spirit of Fornication in idolatry) at work in her, so he would have to put her away as her works show she is "a light woman" who won't respect him to submit to him as her husband. On the other hand, if she was after his mind, he wouldn't forsake her to put her away. {Sir 7:26} Also, the grounds for divorce being uncleanness (operating in the spirit of fornication) is for men too. If a woman's husband is showing he isn't pleased to dwell with her by operating in the spirit of fornication being a stumbling block to her walk in the faith, she also has to divorce him on the grounds of fornication lest she be a partaker in his sins (like Sapphira was unto Ananias in Acts 5):

Hermas Mandate 4

1[29]:9 Not only," saith he, "is it adultery, if a man pollute his flesh, but whosoever doeth things like unto the heathen committeth adultery. If therefore in such deeds as these likewise a man continue and repent not, keep away from him, and live not with him. Otherwise, thou also art a partaker of his sin.

This is a just grounds for divorcing her husband because he is operating in the spirit of fornication, but if she divorced him based on her own grounds (though he wasn't operating in the spirit of fornication) and married another, she would be committing adultery too because she wasn't justly divorced in the sight of Alahayim:

Mark 10:12

And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

Notice again, no mention of "the cause of fornication" is made by Christ to relay that divorcing (outside of the grounds of a spouse operating in the spirit of fornication) and remarrying to someone else is committing adultery because the person wasn't lawfully divorced in the sight of Alahayim. Thus far, Lord willing, you understand Christ was just rectifying the law of Moses so folks could understand what's right in the sight of Alahayim in regards to grounds for divorce, so as not to walk in the doctrines of men (the Pharisees) according to their own desires when it comes divorce. The conversation wasn't about multiple wives as it was about unlawfully divorcing "a wife" to take "another wife" unlawfully. Let's continue addressing the other part of the Pharisees doctrinal question of "whether divorce is lawful at all" trying to tempt Christ.

Marriage in Alahayim's Sight

To understand what transpired in the Gospel in regards to conversations about "divorce" or "putting away," let’s first understand what marriage was (is) in the sight of Alahayim:

Mark 10:6-9

But from the beginning of the creation Alahayim made them male and female. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 9 What therefore Alahayim hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Alahayim is a spirit, {Jhn 4:24} and joins man and his wife together spiritually unto Him, their Alahayim. So a man, which is flesh, cannot put them asunder. This means they aren’t to be divided for carnal reasons (man's own cause). Since they are spiritually joined, it must be a spiritual reason for them to be divided and those spiritual reasons can only be identified in the law as it is spiritual {Rom 7:14} and the words of it is able to cause spiritual division. {Heb 4:12} For these reasons, when operating in the spirit of fornication unrepentantly transgressing the spiritual law, it is grounds for divorce between a man and his wife.

The Pollution of Marriage

Now let’s understand what men were doing in relationships that didn’t please Alahayim. Alahayim put men and women together in marriage to make them one spirit as well as bone and flesh, so no carnal thing should put a man and his wife asunder since they were joined spiritually by the Father of spirits. Seeing as though Alahayim joined them together spiritually, they can only be divided (separated or divorced) spiritually by operating in the spirit of fornication {uncleanness} against Alahayim {Wis 14:12, 27} and one another: {1Co 6:18}

1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Just confirming when a man commits fornication, he is also sinning against his own body, which is also his wife who is his bone and flesh. Likewise, a woman in fornication is sinning against her husband:

Ecclesiasticus 23:23

For first, she hath disobeyed the law of the most High; and secondly, she hath trespassed against her own husband; and thirdly, she hath played the whore in adultery

Now let's look at when a woman is in uncleanness, causing division in her marriage:

Deuteronomy 24:1

The uncleanness is she is operating in is spiritual fornication (idolatry) that’s “causing her to find no favor in his eyes” as she is unwilling to repent and go as he would have her in the ways of Alahayim like his mind is set to do:

Ecclesiasticus 6:37

Let thy mind be upon the ordinances of the Lord and meditate continually in his commandments: he shall establish thine heart, and give thee wisdom at thine owns desire.

Ecclesiasticus 7:26

Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.

A man who's mind is upon the ordinances of the Lord won't forsake a woman who is after his mind in that endeavor, but he cannot give himself over to a light (irreverent) woman as she won't be after his mind to go in his ways unto Alahayim:

Ecclesiasticus 25:26

If she go not as thou wouldest have her, cut her off from thy flesh, and give her a bill of divorce, and let her go.

In the sight of Alahayim, uncleanness (spiritual fornication in idolatry) is the grounds for divorce if a spouse won’t repent to come out of it by doing the work to change:

Hermas Mandate 4

1[29]:4 I say to him, "Sir, permit me to ask thee a few more questions" "Say on," saith he. "Sir," say I, "if a man who has a wife that is faithful in the Lord detect her in adultery, doth the husband sin in living with her?"

1[29]:5 "So long as he is ignorant," saith he, "he sinneth not; but if the husband know of her sin, and the wife repent not, but continue in her fornication, and her husband live with her, he makes himself responsible for her sin and an accomplice in her adultery."

This why if the person won’t repent of their uncleanness, they have to be away. The same thing goes for an unrepentant man in fornication.

So a woman whose husband is in uncleanness (fornication) and won’t repent ought to put him away for that cause as he is spiritually divided from Alahayim and her. Likewise a man ought to divorce his wife if she is unrepentantly in uncleanness being spiritually divided from Alahayim and him:

1[29]:6 "What then, Sir," say I, "shall the husband do, if the wife continue in this case?" "Let him divorce her," saith he…

This is to help understand, man cannot put asunder what Alahayim spiritually joined together except by some uncleanness (idolatry) in spiritual fornication that divides them if the offender isn’t willing to repent of their fornication and do what’s right in the sight of Alahayim for the relationship to flourish in truth and unity of spirit as Alahayim seeks to be worshipped in spirit and truth:

John 4:24

Alahayim is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

The Iniquity of the Jews

The problem with the Jews (of old and in Christ time with the Pharisees) was that they were doing evil themselves, not serving Alahayim. So the wives that were actually good trying to serve Alahayim, they would put away treacherously (because she truly did no wrong spiritually) in order to take strange wives who were walking in their evil ways not withstanding them. This was not pleasing to Alahayim that good women were being put away for unjust causes that the men may marry strange women that walked according to their evil ways.

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one father? hath not one Ala created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

The covenant was not to take strange wives {Deut 7:3-4} in pride but only to marry believing women of any nation who serve Alahayim:

Joseph and Asenath 7:6

For Joseph had Alahayim always before his eyes and ever remembered the injunctions of his father; for Jacob often spake and admonished his son Joseph and all his sons: "Keep yourselves, children, securely from a strange woman so as not to have fellowship with her, for fellowship with her is ruin and destruction."

Tobit 4:13, 12

in pride unfortunately, the Jews were taking strange women according to their desire rather than remaining with good women who sought to serve Alahayim

Malachi 2:11

Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Ahayah which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange ala.

The profanation was putting away a woman who feared Alahayim for the sake of taking an idolatrous woman who enabled what the man wanted (Ahab and Jezebel for example) or was according to his lusts as he wasn’t serving Alahayim wholeheartedly himself (similar to the Pharisees who weren’t truly serving Alahayim);

Malachi 2:12, 14-16

Ahayah will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto Ahayah of hosts. 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Ahayah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a holy seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For Ahayah, the Alahayim of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith Ahayah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

The men were putting away the good wife of their youth Alahayim joined them unto for their “own cause” (as there was no uncleanness found in her in the sight of Alahayim) in order that they may marry a wife of a strange deity that walked according to their own mind and would go in the ways of idols as they (the men) were also going in the hardness of their hearts. This was going on amongst the Jews. And by Christ’s time, the Pharisees created doctrines twisting or wresting parts of the law in order to align it with their desires to put away good women for their own causes though the women didn't not operate in fornication.

The Doctrine of the Pharisees on Divorce

"Is it Lawful for a man to put away his wife?"

Lets look at the questions of the Pharisees trying to tempt Christ in regards to "whether divorce was lawful at all":

Mark 10:2

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

This is obviously a “yes it’s lawful for the right cause of uncleanness {fornication}” but they were tempting him in their manner of questioning in deciet concealing their full doctrine that they believe “it’s lawful to put away a woman for every cause” hoping Christ would either say "yes," to justify their doctrine unbeknownst to him; or hoping he’d say "no," so they could justify themselves with the responses regarding Moses saying they can give a bill of divorce to make Christ look like he was speaking against the Law of Moses while they were upholding it (though in their deceit they leave out the part of the law that withstands them from their desire to divorce for every cause). With all they are attempting in subtlety, Yache understood and gave the simple edification as to the truth of the Law of Alahayim given to Moses for all who wanted to understand it to walk in it could get what they needed to do so.

Mark 10:3

And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

He asked a straight question. We know in Duet 24:1 Moses commanded “if you find uncleanness {fornication} in her as she doesn’t find favor in your eyes (because she is not after your mind to go as you would have her to keep the law) after you’ve examined her works and how she operates because you see she is not willing to change to go as you would have her to serve Alahayim, it’s lawful to give her a bill of divorce due to her uncleanness.” That’s the simplicity of the truth, yet the Pharisees skipped the part that would restrict them from their desire to be able to put her away for every cause of their own by their response:

Mark 10:4-5

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5 And Yache answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

Notice, they only spake on the part of the law that justified what they wanted to do which is “to be able to put her away for their every causes in their sight and then not suffer her to return in the hardness of their hearts though she wasn’t in fornication according to the law.” This is why they only asked “is it lawful to divorce?” knowing they had their own doctrine they were concealing (which was the ability to divorce for every cause) [Matt 19:3] and trying to avoid the part of the law that contradicted what they were teaching or desired to do. Christ understanding these things, spake simply to give understanding of the whole law of Moses for those who wanted to keep it so they could understand putting away a wife for your own cause when she isn’t operating in the spirit of fornication {uncleanness} and then not allowing her to return seeing she hasn’t done wrong in spirit is because of the hardness of one’s heart dealing treacherously to put her away and not allowing her to return though she hasn’t sinned against you or Alahayim spiritually by operating in fornication is not what Moses was commanding or giving permission to do, nor what Alahayim commanded from the beginning:

Mark 10:5-8

And Yache answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6 But from the beginning of the creation Alahayim made them male and female. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

Alahayim joined men with their wives to make them one spirit and flesh with the intent that a holy seed of believing children would come from them:

Malachi 2:15

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a holy seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Mark 10:9

What therefore Alahayim hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Seeing as though Alahayim joined man and his wife together spiritually with the intent of holy children (seed) coming from them, let not man put them asunder by carnal means of their own causes as the only grounds for division of what Alahayim (who is spiritual Himself) joined together is unrepentant spiritual fornication (uncleanness) by evidence of unwillingness to do the work to change. Understanding these things, when Christ went with his disciples and they asked him concerning these things, he told them the simple truth that whoever divorces and remarries (when no fornication has been committed to cause the divorce) is committing adultery (sinning) themselves because they aren’t upholding the law of Moses truly as Alahayim ordained by putting someone away (aside from the cause of fornication).

Mark 10:10

And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. 11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

Notice he didn’t mention “the cause of fornication”? Because the simplicity of the law was “if one divorces for any cause except fornication (operating in the spirit of it unrepentantly), they are committing adultery (sinning) against their spouse.” Lord willing, this helps understand the simplicity of the law on divorce and grounds for divorce as opposed to the doctrines of the Pharisees on divorce.

The Doctrine of the Pharisees on Divorce (Cont.)

"Is it Lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?"

Lets look at the other portion of the dialogue with the Pharisees now knowing their concealed false doctrine and the truth of the law of Alahayim given by Moses:

Matthew 19:3

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

The answer is no, as the only just cause for divorce is fornication (operating in the spirit of it unrepentantly). Lets see what Christ says to help understand that only by spiritual means (idolatry) is it lawful to divide what Alahayim has joined together spiritually:

Matthew 19:4-6

That’s the simplicity of the law. Because Alahayim joined them together as one spirit and one flesh, let no carnality (man or cause) divide them asunder. The Pharisees were against this as they had their own causes they would want to divorce so their questioning focused on the ability to divorce, not "the grounds Moses spake on were lawful for divorce" since it contradicted their doctrines:

Matthew 19:7

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? 8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

In their pride they would only use that portion of what Moses said to justify divorcing for every cause (which truly was committing adultery because she wasn’t in fornication to justify divorcing her) as the men were the one’s wouldn’t humble themselves to walk in the law and remain with the woman and do right. So Christ had to address their ill dealings of divorcing when the women truly did no wrong in the sight of Alahayim since she weren't operating in the spirit of Fornication:

Matthew 19:9

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

The simplicity of it was that it is committing adultery (sinning) if a man divorces his wife on grounds of his own cause (instead of for fornication {uncleanness} as the law commands); and if a man marries a woman who was put away but she didn’t commit fornication, he is also committing adultery (sinning) with her because she was unjustly put away and still is truly her first husband’s wife in the sight of Alahayim and should be reconciled unto him for him to do right by her. This is the simplicity of what Christ was helping everyone understand in regards to the law so everyone could walk in the humility and long-suffering of the commandments.

Examining the Doctrine of Multiple Wives

Now to address multiple wives in simplicity, let’s look at the scripture:

Matthew 19:4-5

A man is the head of a woman when they are joined together as one flesh.

Matthew 19:6

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore Alahayim hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Man ought not to operate in the spirit of fornication to commit adultery (sin) against his wife which is grounds for separation to put them as under asunder. Likewise, a woman not to operate in the spirit of fornication to commit adultery (sin) against her husband causing grounds for divorce to put them asunder. Fornication (uncleanness) being the grounds of putting a man and his wife asunder (divorce) from being one flesh and spirit, a man and his wife are one flesh and spirit so long as they are not “committing adultery” against one another either by polluting their flesh (the physical act of fornication or adultery) or by doing things like unto the heathen (sinning).

Hermas Mandate 4

Understanding the law and what is considered fornication or committing adultery, a man receiving a second wife from the Lord while he is still faithful in his marriage with his first wife in uprightness is not against the law nor fornication (adultery) so long as the second wife is not another man’s wife as that would be adultery against his own wife and whomever that second woman’s actual husband is. Aside from that, receiving a another unmarried woman as a second wife is not fornication or adultery against his first wife, so it cannot divide him asunder in spirit or flesh from his first wife because he didn’t sin against her. Likewise, he hasn’t sinned against his second wife whom he received from the Lord as no fornication or adultery was committed in marrying her uprightly (while remaining married to and together with his first wife). Now on the other hand, another man coming into the relationship of a husband and his wife is fornication and can cause division between the man and his wife. Likewise, a woman who is another man’s wife (truly being one flesh with that man) coming into a relationship of a husband and his wife is fornication in adultery which causes division between the man and his wife as it’s not lawful to have another man’s wife. For this reason it is commanded "let each man each man have his own wife and woman her own husband" (as each wife a man has is his own body and he is their own husband as he is their head respectively).

Leviticus 20:10

And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

1 Corinthians 7:2

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Understanding the law, another wife (who does not belong to another man as she would be his flesh which causes fornication) being given unto the man by Alahayim does not put asunder the man’s union with his first wife as the second wife is one flesh with him also as he is the head of each woman and they are one with him, both being his bone and flesh joined as one spirit with him by Alahayim in hopes that they may bring forth holy seed (children) unto Alahayim as did Rachel and Leah for Israel, their husband:

Ruth 4:11

And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Ahayah make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel:

A woman who isn’t another man’s wife, cannot "put asunder" a man who is married to his first wife by evidence of Jacob’s wives all being his flesh. In order for multiple wives to be sin, a man has to take a wife that belongs to another man because a marriage can only be put asunder by fornication (committing adultery) if he does so.

Matthew 19:4-6, 9

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore Alahayim hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

From Yache's answer to the Pharisees (even if a man has multiple wives), unless the cause is fornication, if he divorces his wife and marries another, he has committed adultery against her. For understanding through the testimonies, Abraham had two wives, Sarah and Hagar, {Gen 16:3} which is no adultery because they were both his wives, not another man's, and no wife was put away to marry another as Yache explained. Also, when Abraham did put away his wife Hagar, {Gen 21:14} he did not marry another in her lifetime, {Jubilees 19:11} because it would have been adultery against her according to the Lord's teaching through the angel of repentance since she was a faithful woman (believer) who was put away for being detected in fornication (sinning) and had one opportunity of repentance to return which meant Abraham had to give her that one opportunity by not remarrying again to another wife. {Hermas Mandate 4} This is why he remained unmarried to a third wife until Hagar had past away. According to the law, when Hagar and Sarah died, he married another when he was free to do so {Rom 7:39} which wasn't adultery as well. Abraham remaining married to Sarah when he put Hagar away wasn't adultery because he didn't "put Hagar away to marry another," but actually "put Hagar away (for uncleanness) while still being married to Sarah, his first wife," which isn't adultery according to Yache's teaching. Also, Hagar remained unmarried {1Co 7:11} because it would have been adultery if she did marry another while put away from her husband since no fornication was committed by him. {Luke 16:18} Through the testimonies, Yache simply explained that divorce without the proper cause of fornication (uncleanness) and marrying another was adultery, not that multiple wives was unlawful or adultery if one went about things the right way by doing the following:

remaining married and marrying another
divorcing for the cause of fornication and marrying another if the wife would not repent of her adultery or fornication.
The unbelieving wife departs and you abide alone in peace until the Lord gives a wife according to his will.

In closing, Yache's teaching didn't mean a man can only have one wife, but explained how a man ought to uphold the law by not divorcing his wife for just any cause except fornication, nor commit adultery (sin) against his wife (or wives) himself.

Doctrine #3:

The Bible (N.T) says

“let every man have his own wife”

"that means you can only have one wife"

{1 Co 7:1-3}

Please reference "Are multiple wives righteous" to get edification on the fact that each wife a man has is his own wife.

Are Multiple Wives Righteous?

https://www.hebrewreaders.com/are-multiple-wives-righteous

Paul's admonition in 1 Corinthian 7:2 is true and righteous. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are great examples because they only slept with their own wives respectively, and not anyone else's to avoid fornication. Paul's admonition is not against multiple wives, but against fornication as that was what the church of Corinth was struggling with to overcome. Fornication occurs when one sleeps with someone else's wife, a harlot, or a woman who is not your own wife. Fornication is also when a woman sleeps with a stranger that is not her own husband. By evidence of scripture, the Corinthians struggled with fornication with harlots {Lev 19:29, I Cor 6:16-18} and others taking other's wives (a man taking his father's wife) {1Co 5:1} Paul did not speak against multiple wives in itself, but he spoke against fornication by addressing the issues of "a son for taking his father's wife"{Lev 18:6-8; Deut 22:30} and "fornicating with harlots" {Lev 19:29} because those are is against the law.

Deuteronomy 22:30

A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

Leviticus 19:29

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

Paul was writing to teach them of the things necessary to avoid sinning by instructing them out of the law so they could awake to righteousness and not sin:

1 Corinthians 15:34

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of Alahayim: I speak this to your shame.

Some of the Corinthians didn't have the knowledge of the commandments of Alahayim to avoid sinning to their shame so when necessary they had to be instructed on whats right to do in matters. In particular, Paul had to address the fornication that was going on amongst them:

1Co 5:1-5

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, 4 In the name of our Lord Yache Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Yache Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Yache.

He instructed them on what to do the next time they gathered together for an assembly because it wasn’t right to eat with the unrighteous as I Cor 5:11 shows.

1 Corinthians 5:9-13

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without Alahayim judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

He told them to separate that man from the congregation, so that he may be ashamed and repent. Notice no one judged him to stone him with stones, but they admonish him as a brother and separate from him, in hopes he would turn away from the iniquity.

II Thess 3:14-15

And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

The other aspect of fornication to be addressed was joining themselves unto harlots:

1Co 6:15

Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot?G4204 Alahayim forbid.

(There was also an issue of people sleeping with the harlots, which is fornication because a harlot is in constant fornication sleeping with men that are not her husband.)

Definition:

G4204

πόρνη

pornē

Thayer Definition:

1) a woman who sells her body for sexual uses

1a) a prostitute, a harlot, one who yields herself to defilement for the sake of gain

1b) any woman indulging in unlawful sexual intercourse, whether for gain or for lust

2) metaphorically an idolatress

A harlot can be a idolatrous woman engaging in intercourse for gain or lust. An harlot can also be an unbelieving woman who is an idolater. The Corinthians were also taught to join themselves unto unbelievers in marriage, lest being joined unto harlots whether just for the pleasure of intercourse or in marriage, they corrupt themselves with idols:

2 Corinthians 6:14-17

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of Alahayim with idols? for ye are the temple of the living Alahayim; as Alahayim hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their Alahayim, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

The unclean thing is idolatry which one would partake in by joining one's self unto harlots or unbelievers in marriage.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of Alahayim.

For these reasons we ought to keep ourselves from idols, harlots, and joining ourselves unto unbelievers (harlots) in marriage to avoid fornication against the Lord by these means:

1Co 6:16-20

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17

But he that is joined unto Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have of Alahayim, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify Alahayim in your body, and in your spirit, which are Alahayim's.

Understanding the struggles with fornication the Corinthians were facing in regards to idolatry, harlots, marrying unbelievers, and taking others wives, Paul gave simple solutions to these things. In regards to idolatry he gave commandments in chapter 8-10 to flee from idolatry for conscience sake of others:

1 Corinthians 10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

1 Corinthians 8:9-13

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

1 Corinthians 10:23-33

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. 28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of Alahayim. 32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of Alahayim: 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

So Paul taught them to avoid fornication in idolatry by keeping themselves from idols and doing good for other's conscience sake to help them come out of idolatry to be saved.

In regards to marrying unbelievers (harlots) he gave understanding not to do it as there is no concord between Alahayim and idols:

2 Corinthians 6:14-16

Now in regards to the other issues of fornication with harlots and other's wives, Paul gave simple solutions according to the law:

1Co 6:18

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

In regards to laying with harlots, he gave understanding to flee fornication because of the harm it causes to one's self (and others). In regards to fornication (whether with harlots or other's wives), he also gave the option of not touching a woman at all or just getting married to your own wife who isn't someone else's (both of which options will help avoid fornication):

1Co 7:1-2

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

According to the Law and Testimonies, there are two options to avoid fornication (whether in idolatry, with harlots, or another's wife):

Flee from idolatry (awake to righteousness and sin not) {1Co 15:34}
Chastity like Paul remaining unmarried. {1Co 7:1, 7-8}
Marry a believing woman like Levi to avoid fornication {1 Co 7:2} by having your own wife and not joining one's self unto harlots (unbelievers). {Sir 26:22}

Testament of Levi 9:9-10

9 Beware of the spirit of fornication; for this shall continue and shall by thy seed pollute the holy place. 10 Take, therefore, to thyself a wife without blemish or pollution, while yet thou art young, and not of the race of strange nations.

Sir 26:22

An harlot shall bee accounted as spittle: but a married woman is a tower against death to her husband.

The spirit of fornication cannot get a man killed if he is laying with his own wife in "lawful intercourse" because she is a tower against death for him since the marriage bed is undefiled. {Heb 13:4} For example, Jacob didn't commit fornication with his first wife Leah, nor did he commit fornication with Rachel whom he received after Leah. Each wife is his own wife, not another man's and he is each woman's own husband as the head each woman in the house they both built up. {Ruth 4:11} Paul's letters to Corinth were not discussing the legality of multiple wives, but were just concerning the works of fornication, whether in idolatry, by sleeping with other men’s wives, or being joined unto harlots. He simply gave the people of Corinth options to overcome or keep themselves from fornication by righteousness with chastity or righteousness with marriage. Paul’s response to the Corinthian's questions and troubles is good doctrine.

1Co 7:6-9

But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. 7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of Alahayim, one after this manner, and another after that. 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

He is clear that if you cannot contain the desire, then get married (in the Lord only, not to an unbeliever) so that you do not sin in fornication and burn.

1Co 7:2

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Indeed, a man cannot sleep with another man’s wife, and a woman can't sleep with a stranger that's not her husband. It is not fornication when two women have the same husband as he is the head of them both and they have power over his body when it comes to due benevolence.

1Co 7:3

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

An example is when Leah came to Jacob after her discussion with Rachel, he did not deny her intimacy as she asked for. {Genesis 30:15-16}

1Co 7:4

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

In marriage, benevolence is due since husband and wife have power of each other's body.

1Co 7:5

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Do not deny each other benevolence too long (unless that’s what you agreed on), lest you give place for the adversary to tempt you or your spouse to fornicate.) In closing, Paul was just giving admonitions on overcoming or keeping one's self from fornication in all facets. He wasn't saying multiple wives is unlawful in itself as it is not a transgression of the law to have more than one lawful wife.

Doctrine#4:

“The Bible (N.T) says

"a man can only have one wife."

"That’s why a man isn’t supposed to have multiple wives."

{1 Tim 3:2,12}

Marrying a wife, having multiple wives or remaining unmarried was still common practice in the times of the apostles. For such reasons, when ordaining bishops, elders, and deacons, it was necessary to require for a man to be the husband of one wife if he desired to hold such offices in the church. The necessity to require a man be the husband of one wife substantiates that multiple wives was still lawful as well by the fact that if the man had multiple wives, he could still be in the church (as he isn't a fornicator), but he could not hold the offices aforementioned. Paul didn't give a general rule in regards to marriage for all church members. He was simply instructing Timothy and Titus on the necessary requirements for them to ordain Bishops, Elders and Deacons among the churches.

Titus 1:5

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee

1Ti 3:1, 13, 2, 12

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Yache. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, ...12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife...

By the ordinances Paul gave for the requirements to hold the offices of a Bishop, Elder or Deacon, it just showed that men who had multiple wives or no wife were not able to hold such offices in the church, yet it did not hinder those other men with multiple wives or no wives from being ministers of the Church in other positions. [I Cor 12:27-28]

1 Corinthians 12:28-29

And Alahayim hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?

Everyone in a ministering office of the church isn't in a position of government (bishop, elder, deacon) which requires they only have one wife as some are apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelist, and pastors too according to the gift the Lord bestowed upon them for the perfecting of the saints:

Ephesians 4:7-8, 11-12

But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Men who are unmarried or have multiple wives can still be in ministering offices such as apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelist, pastors, workers of miracles, gifts of healing, or diversities of tongues even though they may be unmarried or have multiple wives. They can also still be disciples as members of the Church as well. Men, whether unmarried, married or having multiple wives, are not withheld from receiving salvation, as is evident by Paul, Thomas, and John the unmarried Apostles; and the prophets David (multiple wives), {Apoc of Paul 28} Jacob (with four wives) {Apoc of Paul 26} and Benjamin (with two wives), {Apoc of Paul 48} who are all alive in the heavens in the city of Christ in the land of Promise by faith in Yache Christ and good works. [Apoc of Paul 22, 46-48] The requirement for a Bishop, Elder, or Deacon to have one wife was just a means to narrow down and select men for such positions who could bear the burden of the congregation. The restriction did not pertain to all church members as is evident by scriptures. The scriptures don't restrict all the members of the Body of Christ to one wife or else the patriarchs Jacob, Simeon, and Benjamin, (who are all prophets) could not be members of the Church. Also if having one wife were a requirement to be in the church, Paul, Thomas and John the apostles could not be church members. This helps simply understand the requirement for only having one wife was just in regard to those who desired to hold the church offices of a bishop, elder or deacon as oppose to other positions. It was not a requirement to be a called a "christian brother" in the Church of Christ.

Titus 1:5-6

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of Alahayim; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

1Ti 3:1-13

1 Timothy 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of Alahayim?) 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Yache.

This shows that it was never Paul’s instruction to degrade men with multiple wives or condemn it as evil since it was only a requirement to be a bishop, elder or deacon, (among the other requirements). Paul himself, a Benjamite by nation, comes from a lineage of multiple wives through his forefathers Benjamin and Jacob, both of which had multiple wives, so it would be a reproach unto the patriarchs to degrade a man with multiple wives. In simplicity, Paul just gave good guidelines for choosing certain ministers over the physical church amongst the Israelites since the people practiced multiple wives already. Timothy and Titus had to narrow down their selections to the one's that had one wife for the congregation as the Lord Yache commanded Paul to tell them. This law did not stop men with multiple wives, nor men sworn unto chastity from doing the work of Alahayim. In closing, if a believing man has multiple wives or no wife, he can be a member of the true church as it isn't fornication (sinning) to do so or be unmarried, yet he just can't hold the office of a bishop, elder, or deacon according to the ordinances of the Apostles.

Doctrine#5:

"Multiple Wives" are not of the Most High

This heresy is actually against the Spirit of Prophecy, which is the testimony of Yache. The Most High built the House of Israel from multiple wives according to His will:

Rth 4:11

...Ahayah make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: ...

One can confirm Jacob's wives were from the Most High by the fact that Jacob himself wasn't seeking multiple wives but Alahayim gave them to him to ensure he didn't sin by taking the younger daughter before the elder was given in marriage. So Alahayim protected Jacob from sinning by giving him a second wife (which was lawful) instead of suffering him to sin by only take the younger sister as his one wife before the elder was given:

Jubilees 28:1-10

. And he went on his journey, and came to the land of the east, to Laban, the brother of Rebecca, and he was with him, and served him for Rachel his daughter one week. 2. the second year of the seventh week [2194 A.M.] he said unto him: "Give me my wife, for whom I have served thee seven years;" and Laban said unto Jacob. "I will. give thee thy wife." 3. And Laban made a feast, and took Leah his elder daughter, and gave (her) to Jacob as a wife, and gave her Zilpah his handmaid for an handmaid; and Jacob did not know, for he thought that she was Rachel. 4. And he went in unto her, and behold, she was Leah; and Jacob was angry with Laban, and said unto him: "Why hast thou dealt thus with me? Did not I serve thee for Rachel and not for Leah? Why hast thou wronged me? Take thy daughter, and I will go; for thou hast done evil to me." 5. For Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah; for Leah's eyes were weak, but her form was very handsome; but Rachel had beautiful eyes and a beautiful and very handsome form. 6. And Laban said to Jacob: "It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the elder." And it is not right to do this; for thus it is ordained and written in the heavenly tables, that no one should give his younger daughter before the elder--but the elder one giveth first and after her the younger--and the man who doeth so, they set down guilt against him in heaven, and none is righteous that doeth this thing, for this deed is evil before Ahayah.

So Alahayim had Laban give Leah first unto to Jacob to ensure he would be righteous before him with his two wives instead of suffering him to do bear guilt unawares by the evil deed of taking the younger sister as his one wife as he desired unawares that it was unlawful to do according to what's written on the heavenly tables before Ahayah.

7. And command thou the children of Israel that they do not this thing; let them neither take nor give the younger before they have given the elder, for it is very wicked. 8. And Laban said to Jacob: "Let the seven days of the feast of this one pass by, and I shall give thee Rachel, that thou mayest serve me another seven years, that thou mayest pasture my sheep as thou didst in the former week." 9. And on the day when the seven days of the feast of Leah had passed, Laban gave Rachel to Jacob, that he might serve him another seven years, and he gave to Rachel, Bilhah, the sister of Zilpah as a handmaid. 10. And he served yet other seven years for Rachel, for Leah had been given to him for nothing.

Through Jacob's experience, we see multiple wives were given to him to keep him from bearing guilt before the Most High unawares. In these latter times of this world, the Lord will save his daughters of Zion through multiple wives according to the Spirit of Prophecy in Isaiah 4:1. All things written must come to pass because Ahayah's mouth has commanded it and none of the words shall fail because it is the spirit of prophecy, which is Christ, that has gathered them:

Rev 19:10

...for the testimony of Yache is the spirit of prophecy.

Isaiah 34:16

Seek ye out of the book of Ahayah, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

In the last days of this world before Yache's 1000 year reign, the prophecies show the sinners of Israel will be destroyed:

Amo 9:9-10

For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. 10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

At the same time, the daughters of Zion, who will be struggling with the lusts of the flesh, will be purged from their struggles by the baptism of fire through the afflictions the Lord will bring upon them in faithfulness to help them overcome their struggles in the perilous times to come, which will bring them to a place of humility to take hold of the Word of Life to perform all righteousness in the fruits of the Spirit continuing in faith, charity, and holiness with sobriety. Let's look at the prophecies to see how it will come to pass:

Isa 2:12, 17

For the day of Ahayah of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and Ahayah alone shall be exalted in that day.

( Isaiah is speaking of the end of this world and the events that will be taking place to bring the proud and lofty to a low estate of humility.)

Isa 2:18

And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

(He will abolish the evil spirits that are worshiped/obeyed in the earth.)

Isa 2:19

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of Ahayah, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

The evil spirits will flee to hide in the rocks and caves while the men go into their bunkers for fear of Ahayah as well:

Isa 2:20-21

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of Ahayah, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

Idol worship is still prevalent today, so you know these prophecies are still in motion and have yet to come to pass:

Isa 2:22

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Ahayah is warning all mankind to stop trusting in the men of this world, their vain ideologies, and doctrines because the same men that fed us the lies to turn us away from Alahayim, will not be accounted of on that great day before Alahayim. Instead, trust in the mediator between man and Alahayim, the Man Yache Christ. {I Ti 2:5}

Isaiah 3:1

For, behold, the Lord, Ahayah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah...

This prophecy is about the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, let’s see what the Lord Christ will take away from them:

...behold, the Lord, Ahayah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

The staff represents the stay of the tribe:

Testament of Judah 14:3

For I gave my staff, that is, the stay of my tribe;

This means "ruling" will not be in the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. The stay of bread and water being taken away is "loss of resources" due to the iniquity of the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem:

Eze 4:16-17

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: 17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

With there being limited resources and rulership being taken away because of iniquity, righteous men to govern and guide the people will also be taken away:

Isaiah 3:1-3

For, behold, the Lord, Ahayah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah...3 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

In these later times, the righteous and wise governors of the Jews will be taken away from ruling and guiding the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem:

Isaiah 3:4

And I will give children to be their princes...

In these later times, children will be treated with more reverence as heads or masters in the household over the men of the house and the focus will be on pleasing the children instead of pleasing the man of the house.

Isa 3:4

…. and babes shall rule over them.

Babes ruling over these men of Judah and Jerusalem are those who are unlearned in words of righteousness:

Hebrews 5:13

For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.

Since the staff to rule is taken away, babes (which are unskilled or unqualified people as a babe being unlearned or unskilled) will rule over the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem in the career field being in positions of authority over them though they may not be as skilled or learned in the respective profession. While in the family life, instead of their women’s desire being unto them and submitting to their husband's rule over them as the law commands in Gen 3:16, the women will be focused on catering to and pleasing their children instead of their spouse.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour:...

The people, speaking of the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, shall be oppressed being under unworthy people in their jobs and not being held in high regard in their home life. Also, they will be oppressed by one another, so those around them will oppress them and they also shall oppress their neighbor, trespassing against one another:

Isaiah 3:5

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient...

A young child will be proud against elders and due to pride and the environment at home of their parents treating them as princes and princesses, not correcting their errors according to the law and fruits of the Spirit, catering to them which cockers them and doesn’t help them learn humility:

Ecclesiasticus 30:9

Cocker thy child, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he will bring thee to heaviness.

Definition:

Cocker: "to nurse," "coddle," "pamper"

Ecclesiasticus 30:8

horse not broken becometh headstrong: and a child left to himself will be wilful.

Amongst the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, this cockering or pampering and leaving children to themselves instead of training them in the way that they should go will lead them to behaving proudly against elders:

Isa 3:5

…the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

the base will behave proudly against the honorable, so by pride contention will be between the child and elder and the base and honorable amongst the Jews. So by prophecy, there will be pride and contention amongst the Jews, no rulership, limited resources, disorderliness and dishonor in the households, raising children in unrighteousness, unrighteous (proud) children through lack of nurture, dishonor for elders, oppression by others, and against one another. With all this to come, the righteous, who prepared themselves to be content with less understanding the times to come, will be held in high regard:

Isaiah 3:6

When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father...

This will be amongst the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem:

When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

The righteous of the Jews will be content with clothing making due with the little everyone shall have in the ruin to come and when the wicked of the Jews see that he is sustaining in the midst of everything that’s going on, they will offer him the glory and honor of being their ruler to help them, but the righteous will respond saying:

Isaiah 3:7-8

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against Ahayah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

The righteous will be tempted with vain glory of honor and rulership over the Jews but he will not desire the vain glory or honor of men to be a ruler of the people and won’t desire to be responsible for healing and getting them out of the state of ruin because he understands there is no healing to come and he must be ready to flee society when the time comes.

Isaiah 3:7

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing

Notice the righteous didn’t have the excess of resources in his house to provide for a wife, as a wife would require food and raiment:Exodus 21:10

Exodus 21:10

If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

So the righteous man won’t be seeking a wife in the midst of the ruin of Judah and Jerusalem as he does not have the resources necessary to provide for a wife (or another if he is already married). Thus far in prophecy, we have the ruin of the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem while the righteous have little, yet are content not seeking a wife in preparation to leave as pilgrims in the earth as things are falling apart for the Jews because of our sins.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against Ahayah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

The reason the Jews will have fallen and be in ruin is because our words and actions are against Ahayah not keeping His commandments and walking in the fruits of the Spirit

Isaiah 3:9

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them...

The pride of their continence shows they don’t have Alahayim in their thoughts to do right in these times:

Psalms 10:4

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after Alahayim: Alahayim is not in all his thoughts.

Isa 3;9

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not...

In pride like Sodom, everyone does their own will and declares it, glorying in it not being ashamed to hide their way of living though it’s not right what they are doing.

Isa 3:9

….Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves

Everyone will be rewarded for what they do in these times to come, whether good or bad:

Isaiah 3:10

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

The righteous will make it through the ruin to come by their fruits of good works:

2 Esdras 16:67, 74-76

Behold, Alahayim himself is the judge, fear him: leave off from your sins, and forget your iniquities, to meddle no more with them for ever: so shall Alahayim lead you forth, and deliver you from all trouble. 74 Hear, O ye my beloved, saith the Lord: behold, the days of trouble are at hand, but I will deliver you from the same.75 Be ye not afraid neither doubt; for Alahayim is your guide, 76 And the guide of them who keep my commandments and precepts, saith the Lord Alahayim: let not your sins weigh you down, and let not your iniquities lift up themselves.

2 Esdras 9:7-8

And every one that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his works, and by faith, whereby ye have believed, Shall be preserved from the said perils, and shall see my salvation in my land, and within my borders: for I have sanctified them for me from the beginning.

So it will be well with the righteous as Isaiah said because of the fruits they have in good works keeping commandments and precepts by faith. This will be different for the unrighteous of Judah and Jerusalem:

Isaiah 3:11

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

2 Esdras 16:77-78

Woe be unto them that are bound with their sins, and covered with their iniquities like as a field is covered over with bushes, and the path thereof covered with thorns, that no man may travel through! 78 It is left undressed, and is cast into the fire to be consumed therewith.

Amos 9:10

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Of the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem, who in their pride declare their sin and are not ashamed to hide it and think nothing will happen to them in the evil time, they shall die by the sword. Being lead astray through sins against Alahayim, the family structure and societal structure of the Jews will stray away from righteousness:

Isaiah 3:12

As for my people, children are their oppressors...

Men lacking the faith would have their children being taskmasters over them. Whether the scenario of the father trying to gain the children’s adoration for the sake of the bad relationship with the spouse, being together or separated. Or, trying to be liked by the child to do whatever makes the child happy for self satisfaction while not correcting the child’s bad habits.

Sir 30:9-11

Cocker thy child, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he will bring thee to heaviness. 10 Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow with him, and lest thou gnash thy teeth in the end. 11 Give him no liberty in his youth, and wink not at his follies.

A father pampering his child and being playful with him in his errors and ignoring his follies and not correcting them (to educate him in the right way to go) and giving him freedom to do what he wants will only lead to the father’s disappointment in the end. We see what would befall the father-child relationship. Let’s see how things would go for women in the times to come:

Isaiah 3:12

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

A symptom of the ruin of the Jews is women ruling over them so it would be a time of women being exalted or promoted in society while the men are coming to ruin. In the household, women will rule the household as oppose to the men according to the hierarchy of Alahayim wherein a woman’s desire would be to her husband and he would rule over her. If there are children in the household, the children would be held as princes in the house having more influence than the head of household leaving the man to be oppressed by his children and dominated by his wife (or their mother if they are separated). These thing being done out of order by the babes and women ruling over the men will be causing the nation of the Jews to err and destroy the right paths they should be walking in wherein a woman is humble, submitting herself to her husband instead of ruling over him (and children being obedient to their parents in the Lord instead of dishonoring them).

Isaiah 3:13

Ahayah standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

For the wrongdoings and ill words of the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah, Ahayah will be judging the people with afflictions:

Isaiah 3:14

Ahayah will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

In this ruin of Jerusalem and Judah, the elders and people in high rank are taking advantage of the poor and storing up wealth for themselves in their own houses:

Isaiah 3:15

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord Ahayah of hosts.

So we see as Jerusalem’s falling and being ruined, we can see the condition of the men in pride not ashamed to do and declare their own will, speaking against Ahayah and doing bad works to provoke Ahayah; and their women’s rule over them causing them to err and go away from right paths; in their work environments, babes rule over them so they are working under less qualified or knowledgeable individuals than themselves; then in their family life, their women who rule over them are more focused on reverence and pleasing their children instead of their husbands, and unbelieving men are oppressed by their children because they are focused on being liked by or adored by their children leaving them to themselves to do what they want and become willful in their pride towards elders. All the while this is befalling the Jews, the righteous man is going to be aware of the times, focused on contentment making due with little in preparation to leave as he knows the ruin of the people is not reversible and the time will come to flee society. With all that, we get a good understanding of what the prophecies show the men of the Jews will be going through. Now the Lord goes shed light on what is going to befall the daughters of Zion in these times to come:

Isaiah 3:16

Moreover Ahayah saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton H8265 eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

Unfortunately in the midst of Jerusalem’s ruin, the daughters of Zion will struggle with haughtiness, stubbornness, and wanton eyes

Definitions:

Haughty: arrogantly superior and disdainful

Stretched-forth necks: pride in self and scorn toward others; looking about to see if others notice one's beauty

Wanton eyes: Seductive or sensual glance

H8265 (Strong)

שקר

A primitive root; to ogle, that is, blink coquettishly: - wanton.

Ogle: stare at in a lecherous manner

Lecherous: having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire

Coquettishly: behaving in such a way as to suggest a playful sexual attraction; flirtatious.

Wanton: sexually immodest or promiscuous.

The women would struggle with being flirtatious with their eyes and enticing others to desire them as fornication is a spirit they will be overcome with leading them to plot in their hearts against men to gain advantage over them by outward attraction or craft (manipulation):

Testament of Reuben 5:3-4, 1-2, 5

3 For moreover, concerning them, the angel of the Lord told me, and taught me, that women are overcome by the spirit of fornication more than men, and in their heart they plot against men; and by means of their adornment they deceive first their minds, and by the glance of the eye instill the poison, and then through the accomplished act they take them captive. 4 For a woman cannot force a man openly, but by a harlot’s bearing she beguiles him. 1 For evil are women, my children; and since they have no power or strength over man, they use wiles by outward attractions, that they may draw him to themselves. 2 And whom they cannot bewitch by outward attractions, him they overcome by craft. 5 Flee, therefore, fornication, my children, and command your wives and your daughters, that they adorn not their heads and faces to deceive the mind: because every woman who useth these wiles hath been reserved for eternal punishment.

For the struggle with the spirits pride, hatred and fornication in the daughters of Zion, the Lord will have mercy to give them what they need for them to come out their struggles for His mercy sake and He will afflict them in faithfulness to save them:

Psalms 119:75

I know, O Ahayah, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

In the end of this affliction to come His daughters will understand it was good for them and they will appreciate it because it was to help them learn to keep His word:

Psalms 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

So you see the daughters will come out on the right side of things. The Lord will afflict the daughters of Zion in the things that matter to them like their beauty and physical appearance. Let’s see what afflictions the Lord will bring upon his daughters to help them come out of the struggles with idolatry:

Isaiah 3:17

Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Ahayah will discover their secret parts.

Scalp issues will arise for them and their iniquities will get revealed by the losing of their hair:

1Co 11:6

For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

So you can see the shame that comes with being bald as a woman, but as we see in modern society for a women to be bald is normalized.

1Co 11:15

But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

The long hair is actually the woman’s glory from Alahayim yet they'll have scalp issues causing baldness or the losing of their hair because of their iniquities. Also, the daughters of Zion were once adorned in righteous modest apparel, but due to haughtiness, pride and fornication at work, the Lord will take away their glory of dressing modestly:

Isaiah 3:18-23

In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, The rings, and nose jewels, The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.

The women, when in the Lord and faithful, dressed in layers to cover their physique for modesty and covered their heads in shamefacedness, but as they turned away from the Lord in haughtiness and fornication, they are not ashamed to go about in the world with uncovered heads and dress immodestly exposing their breast, shoulders and legs to entice others to desire them. You can see the dichotomy of a woman strong in faith as oppose to one struggling in faith or outside of the faith through their outward appearance.

Isaiah 3:24

And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink;...

They shall have hygiene issues and in spirit, the stench of evil spirits instead of the sweet smell of the Holy Spirit will be with them because of the evil spirits they will be entangled in:

...and instead of a girdle a rent;...

A girdle was among women who are better off financially, while a rent being a rope shows the poverty of the women in these times.

...and instead of well set hair baldness;...

They will experience hair loss along with the scalp issues that will arise from the Lord because of their iniquities:

...and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth;...

Instead of girding themselves in fine apparel they will be brought down from their pride to mourning in sackcloth in the ruin and fall of Judah and Jerusalem to come:

and burning instead of beauty.

The women will go through hard times, burning from cuts and bruises of the times to come needing a covering from the evils of the world.

Isaiah 3:25

Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

The men that these daughters of Zion are with during their struggle with pride and fornication, will die by the sword and war to come when the Beast is given his 42 months to destroy the saints.

Revelation 13:1, 5, 7

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

During the time of this war, the men of those daughters of Zion will die, so let’s see what the daughter of Zion will do:

Isaiah 3:26

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate H5352 shall sit upon the ground.

Definition:

H5352

נקה

A primitive root; to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, that is, extirpated: - acquit X at all, X altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear (-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent,...

BDB Definition:

1) to be empty, be clear, be pure, be free, be innocent, be desolate, be cut off

1a) (Qal) to be empty, be clean, be pure

1b1) to be cleaned out, be purged out

1b2) to be clean, be free from guilt, be innocent

The affliction in faithfulness that the Lord will bring upon the daughters of Zion will make them "desolate" which by definition in the Hebrew shows He will actually cleanse them by purging out their hearts of the spirits (idols) they struggled with to make their hearts clean and desolate of evil spirits so that He and the holy spirits will have a clean and pure place to dwell in. This means the daughters of Zion will be brought out of their weaknesses in hatred, spirits of pride, and fornication lamenting and mourning and desolate without a husband to cover them yet humbled by their experiences to no longer lift themselves up but sitting upon the ground in humility of heart having been cleansed from the lusts of the flesh they were struggling with.

Isaiah 3:26

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

2 Esdras 16:33-34

The virgins shall mourn, having no bridegrooms; the women shall mourn, having no husbands; their daughters shall mourn, having no helpers. 34 In the wars shall their bridegrooms be destroyed, and their husbands shall perish of famine.

This will befall the daughters of Zion. Through the experiences of the afflictions to come to purify them from idolatry, in their humility, they'll learn the value of a righteous man for a covering as they will be mourning by reason of having no righteous headship (man) to be a covering unto them. When these things come to pass within the 42 months of the beast, these daughters of Zion will be seeking a covering as there will not be many righteous men left. For the righteous man, it will be well with him as he will escape the trouble to come by his good works to be among the remnant that escape the troubles and are called holy:

Isaiah 4:2-3

In that day shall the branch of Ahayah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. 3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:

Remember he will not be seeking a wife because he doesn’t have food or raiment to provide for a wife (though he can only give the duty of marriage to sleep with her and let her be called by his name):

Isaiah 3:7

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing...

Notice it said "in that day," speaking of the times of the ruin and fall of Jerusalem and Judah to come in the war. In that day, the righteous won’t have the excess of resources in his house to provide for a wife, as a wife would require food and raiment according to Exodus 21:7-10 so he won’t be seeking marriage in those times. Those daughters of Zion on the other hand, were ruling over the men (being more prosperous in society) during the fall of Jerusalem according to Isaiah 3:12 so they will have the resources they need like food and raiment after things go down with their men falling away by the sword and in the war. Yet, they will be desolate without a covering "sitting upon the ground" {Isaiah 3:26} representing their humility they came to through the experience the Lord takes them through "In that day." let’s see how things will play out:

Isaiah 4:1

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man,...

They will take hold of that one man who had no bread or clothing in his house to provide for another wife so he wasn’t looking for one but they are taking hold of him seeking a covering as few righteous men of Judah and Jerusalem will be left "in that day" to come, so there won’t be many to choose from. Let see what they say to that man:

...saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

They are offering him to be responsible for themselves to provide the two things he would need to provide them as their husband as a bargain to convince him to only let them be called by his name. The thing is, they can’t be called by his name unless he takes them for wives and sleeps with them according to precept. Lets understand this through Sara's situation:

Tobit 3:8

Because that she had been married to seven husbands, whom Asmodeus the evil spirit had killed, before they had lain with her.

So these men paid dowry to espouse her but did not sleep with her, let’s see if that constitutes completed marriage:

Dost thou not know, said they, that thou hast strangled thine husbands? thou hast had already seven husbands, neither wast thou named after any of them.

Though espousal was paid for her, she never was named after any of them because none of them lay with her to compete the marriage process. This means a woman cannot be called by a man’s name unless he actually lays with her in marriage after espousing her to be his wife. This means in Isaiah 4:1, if that man who those seven women came to will not perform the duty of marriage to sleep with them since they will provide food and raiment for themselves, the women will not be called by his name as they were asking him to do for them:

Isaiah 4:1

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name...

The precepts help understand that during the war against the saints and fall and ruin of Jerusalem, the seven women will be offering that righteous man to provide their own food and raiment only if he would agree to marry them and lay with them to let them be called by his name. If the man agrees and lays with them, he will take away their reproach:

..only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

By precept for our understanding, the way a woman’s reproach is taken away in scripture is by conceiving seed to have children and to continue forward in righteousness keeping herself pure.

Genesis 30:23

And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, Alahayim hath taken away my reproach:

This understanding also holds true in the New Testament as well:

Luke 1:24

And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, 25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

1 Timothy 2:15

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

It’s a woman’s own deeds that causes her to die childless. For this reason, bearing children takes away her reproach:

Enoch 98:5

And barrenness has not been given to the woman, but on account of the deeds of her own hands she died without children

So during the fall and ruin of the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem within the 42 months of the beast warring against them, the seven daughters of Zion will marry and conceive seed for a righteous man of the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem to take away their reproach amongst men. These things will come to pass "in that day" when the men of Judah and Jerusalem bud forth in the fruits of the Spirit to escape the tribulations to come:

Isaiah 4:2-3

The daughters of Zion also will bud forth in the fruits of the Spirit being washed from the filth of pride and fornication (idolatry) and the blood of their iniquities by the Lord Yache Christ:

Isaiah 4:4

When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

After these things, these multi-wife households of the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem will flee to the wilderness eventually to be under the cloudy pillar and shadow of Christ as in the exodus when the forefathers left with their families out of Egypt:

Isaiah 4:5-6

And Ahayah will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. 6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

Thus, the righteous men of Judah and Jerusalem will agree to care for these women as a testimony of the long-suffering and mercy of Ahayah, by taking them in despite of their struggles in unrighteousness just as Yache showed compassion upon them. The women will also convert unbelievers to the faith by their chaste behavior submitting themselves to their own husband. {1Pe 3:1-2} So according to prophecy, multiple wives being lawful will enable the seven women to be saved by being the wives of the one righteous man and having their reproach taking away by bearing him children. In regards to bearing children, the daughters of Zion, being of the children of Israel, have to obey the whole law:

Gad the Seer :9-10

9 For we are His allies: we are different from thee by the law of truth, sealed by the seal of the Almighty, called children of Alahayim of truth. 10 And therefore we have to obey the whole Law for we were commanded by the Name saying "Speak unto the children of Israel."

So the daughters of Zion must fulfill the law from the beginning:

Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou
shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

By submitting themselves to the one righteous man, they will have their desire to their husband and submit to his rule over them. They also have to bear children by natural birthing to fulfill the law for their salvation:

1Timothy 2:15

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

When the righteous man marries those women as they desired him to do and they bear children while continuing in faith, charity, holiness, and sobriety, they would have fulfilled the law and have their reproach taken away (giving no occasion for the adversary to speak reproachfully):

1Ti 5:14

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

These are the things that the daughters of Zion must fulfill so that the Adversary may not have any reproach against them because they would have married, bear children, and guided the house. The afflictions of the women unto humility is the Lord cleansing the daughters of Zion and the tribulations He will bring will purge the blood (iniquity) of the men of Jerusalem to fulfill these prophecies:

Isa 4:4

When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

By prophecy, its the Lord who will do thses things to cleanse and purge his sons and daughters. These prophecies shall not fail {Isa 34:16} and the fruits of the Spirit will abound in the men and women who partake in these prophecies and escape the trouble to come being perfected by the baptism of fire:

Isa 4:2

In that day shall the branch of Ahayah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

These prophecies will be fulfilled and not fail because the mouth of Ahayah commanded them and multiple wives being lawful is the key to its fulfillment and saving the daughters of Zion. All these things shall come to pass by the Spirit of Prophecy. Also, women, with or without children, who may have become widowed during the tribulation or beforehand will also be saved by the Most High when a righteous man, of whatever nation he may be of, becomes a husband and father to the family as well:

Sir 4:10

Be as a father unto the fatherless, and instead of an husband unto their mother: so shalt thou be as the son of the Most High, and he shall love thee more than thy mother doth.